From The Barrel is a blend of both grain and malt whiskies from their coastal distillery, Yoichi, and Miyagikyo in the mountains. This complexity derives from its unusual creation. It has become famous for its powerful confidence and complex taste. Nikka Whisky From The Barrel is one of the best and most affordable Japanese whiskies in the UK. It’s a quality single malt offering at a reasonable price point and is a good introduction for those unused to Japanese drams.If you like a bold, rich whisky, this will put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Yoichi finishes in slow waves of plum, nutmeg, peat, and just a hint more of salty brine. This malt whisky expression offers notes of smoke, malted barley, tropical fruit and citrus on the nose, balanced by delicate cinnamon, spice, ginger, and seaweed on the tongue. Yoichi Single Malt offers a tremendously complex peated whisky the briny crispness of coastal Hokkaido was chosen specifically for the Yoichi Distillery by Nikka founder Masataka Taketsuru for the region’s similarity to Scotland’s Islands. This has resulted in single malt whisky being released or updated as Non-Age Statement (NAS) bottlings, a turn off for some traditionalists yet a positive for the whisky connoisseur happy to drink a single malt product of quality crafted from different aged barrels. In Japan there has been a whisky shortage due mainly to the ever-increasing popularity for Japanese production. If it’s too much, there’s also a cheaper No Age Statement (NAS) whisky from the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery that would certainly do the trick! It’s well at the top end of most list’s pricing spectrum, but I rate this Japanese whisky highly enough that it must be included. It’s well compiled and layered, delicately tasting of sweet dried fruit and spice, with a hint of ginger on the tongue to finish. The Yamazaki mash bill boasts 100 percent malted barley, and is cask aged in American oak for 12 years before being bottled. I can still remember the taste 15 years later, if not the lesson. I was priced out of most quality Japanese single malts (I had to go blended) but was lucky enough to drink Suntory Yamazaki 12-year-old one night with a salaryman who wished to practice his English skills. It made the job more fun, and I got to learn too!
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For many of my adult students the full whisky experience was their hobby, and as all Japanese students do, they took it extremely seriously. I got to learn a LOT about Japanese whisky when I taught English in Japan during the mid-noughties.
The Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Nikka Whisky From the Barrel is firmly on the top shelf of Japanese blended whisky expressions and would impress even the grumpiest Scotch whisky lover with its fluidity and fullness.Ĥ. Whisky From the Barrel benefits from a few drops of water to unlock the subtler flavors in a smooth finish that belies its strength. The palate offers grainy sweetness, the richness of candied orange peel balanced by flecks of pepper, cinnamon and cloves. The resultant blended malt is a fine, smaller bottle (500ml) possessing distinct individuality, with full flavor characterized by solidity, depth of taste and the characteristic aroma of Japanese fruits and spices. Nikka Whisky From the Barrel blend packs a bold punch at 51.4% ABV and recently topped our list of best blended whiskies.įrom the Barrel combines quality single malt from the Yoichi Distillery on Hokkaido with grain whiskies from the Miyagikyo Distillery on the main island Honshu.Īfter the whiskies are married, they are re-introduced for barrel finishing in a huge variety of casks, including bourbon barrel, sherry cask and refill hogshead.
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